U.S. Reps. Rashida Tlaib and Debbie Dingell have gained support to temporarily halt water shutoffs during COVID-19 but water advocates are fighting for long-term water affordability and a permanent end to shutoffs.
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Task force report: These steps could help lift Michiganders out of poverty
Children need saving accounts, incarcerated people should have more apprenticeship opportunities and the state should offer families facing temporary financial woes lump-sum cash assistance.
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Wayne County to resume foreclosure process this year, offers new assistance program
The Wayne County Treasurer’s Office is offering new ways to pay down back tax debt, and expects to resume the tax foreclosure process this year.
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COVID-19 is draining Detroit’s biggest source of funding: city income tax.
Employees working from home are causing severe income tax losses for Detroit and other cities. Some say it is time for change.
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Lack of Black neighbors in Detroit’s Islandview rentals leads to Fair Housing Act lawsuit
A trio of Detroit residents — two white and one Asian American — say they’ve been denied the opportunity to live in a racially integrated community, and they’ve filed a lawsuit over it.
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Veteran Detroiter running for mayor would seek major police reform
Detroit mayoral candidate Anthony Adams says it’s time to “change the whole notion of policing,” identifies poverty as a core concern for the city.
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Detroit extends timeline to appeal property tax assessment. Here’s what to know.
Detroiters can begin initiating the process to appeal their property tax values starting Feb. 1. Here’s what that means for homeowners.
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New Detroit tax foreclosure data reveal hopeful signs — with one exception
Thousands of Detroit renters live in properties at risk of tax foreclosures, analysts warn.
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Detroit’s increased access to voting helped cement a Biden-Harris victory
After an extended election that included mobs, lawsuits and lies, Detroit officials managed through a pandemic, secured the city’s vote and played its part in the inauguration of Biden and Harris.
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Podcast: Rashida Tlaib on insurrection, impeachment and the inauguration
On this episode of Authentically Detroit, hosts Orlando Bailey and Donna Givens Davidson talk with U.S. Rep. Rashida Tlaib about the insurrection and her vote to impeach former President Donald Trump a second time.